The Checkerboard Cake

Checkerboard Cake

I have been eyeing the checkerboard cake on pinterest for months now. But, without the Wilton checkerboard cake pan set, it seemed a dream.   But a little research on google lead me to several recipes for baking it without those special pans. Though, it seemed complicated and too much effort , but intriguing at the same time 😀 Several recipes later, I finally found a very simplified version on Fauzias kitchen. So, basically you need 2 different coloured cakes and lots of frosting. I opted for chocolate and vanilla cakes. And, its always better to bake the cakes 1 […]

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Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter centers

Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter centers and chocolate icing

This recipe was born to utilize the leftover peanut butter mixture from the chocolate and peanut butter swirl cake 😀 But the result was yummilicious!! I baked Chocolate cupcakes adapted  from a recipe I read at the Tasteofhome. Then I scooped the centers of the cupcakes,  put in some creamy peanut butter filling and later frosted them with lots of milk chocolate ganache.   Now for the recipe. PrintChocolate cupcakes with peanut butter centers and chocolate icing Rating: 41 Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 55 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Yield: 18-20 Ingredients¼ cup canola oil 115 gms chopped  […]

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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Swirl Cake

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Swirl Cake

Whenever I am hungry and need a quick bite, I make myself a nutella and peanut butter sandwich. And the world is good  🙂  Chocolate and peanut butter is an awesome combination. Utilizing this combo, I made a swirl icing for this chocolate cake. A Swirl icing is the easiest way to present a cake. The decorated cake looks as if a lot of effort has been put in it 😉 The  cake recipe used for this chocolate and peanut butter swirl cake has condensed milk in it and is eggless too 🙂 This is also a single bowl recipe […]

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Chocolate layer cake

Chocolate Layer Cake

There can’t be enough chocolate cakes. The world needs more chocolate 😀 This one I baked for my brother who wanted a bakery styled chocolate layer cake with lots of chocolate cream. The chocolate cake recipe used here is the one printed  on the  cadburys cocoa powder  box. It results in this lovely and moist chocolate cake because of the mava/ khoya in it. I baked two 8 inch chocolate cakes with the recipe and sliced each of them into two layers each. And then the four layers were stacked together with lots of chocolate ganache resulting in this beauty!! It’s so gorgeous and […]

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Chocolate Truffle Cake

Chocolate Truffle Cake

Every baker has a favourite go to chocolate cake recipe. The one that is a crowdpleaser and  they can whip up in minutes. I have it too 🙂 and it has the perfect  chocolate flavour. On top of everything, its eggless too. It cant be more perfect 🙂 Today I am sharing that recipe with you. I had borrowed it from a co-dentist at my workplace. Though she had not iced it, but it was still so perfect. Awesomely chocolatey and soft. The best thing about a chocolate truffle cake is the various ways in which it can be presented. There are endless […]

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Owl Cake

Owl Cake

This is not my  first attempt at an owl shaped cake. Actually my sister loves owls, and I made the first owl cake for her birthday. But this one I made for her promotion, because being an elder sister her promotion mean lots of shopping for me 😀 Lots of clothes, shoes and baking stuff 😀 So you see I have to make an impression when I congratulate her with this cake. Its full of candies and chocolates, whatever I could lay my hands at. Begin with a chocolate cake. Your  favourite chocolate cake recipe. I used my favourite, the eggless chocolate […]

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Chocolate Mocha Cupcakes

Chocolate and coffee in one recipe!! A combination that is hard to resist even for strict dieters 😉 And a favourite combo for my sis! My sister is the greatest critic of all my recipes. You will not believe but she gives all my baked goods a rating out of ten!! And Its difficult to get a perfect 10 from her. But when she took a bite of this cupcake, her eyes almost popped out! She gave me a 12 on 10 😀 Chocolate and Coffee did the thing! got me an exaggerated rating 😉 They vanished the same day […]

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Brownie with Marbled Icing

I kept wondering for so many days, as to what our first post should be. And then finally I thought, it should be something “Chocolatey”. After all “All we need is Love or Chocolate” 😀  And it had to be a simple one too. So, heres it- An Eggless Brownie with Marbled Icing. Its one Yummy recipe, you should definitely try. Don’t mind the pictures, we were in a hurry to eat 😉     PrintBrownie with Marbled Icing Rating: 41 Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 40 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour Ingredients1 and ½ cups maida(less 3 tbsp) 3 tbsp […]

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